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"God wove a web of loveliness, of clouds and stars and birds, but made not anything at all so beautiful as words." Anna Hempstead Branch

While writing is a huge passion for me, research is too so you may find me occasionally writing about a product, service, or item I have knowledge of. I will not intentionally mislead as your and my health is a priority to me. At times I am financially compensated for information that I provide on my blogs.

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Sunday, June 27, 2010

When our family visited one of our relatives, as a child, I can remember hearing constantly “go out and play!” After playing for awhile us children would head in to see what the “grown folks” were doing. As our parents saw us coming in we would then hear “Either in or out, which is it?” If we were foolish enough to opt to stay in, we were not allowed to sit amongst the grown folks, but delegated to another room to sit and behave quietly.

There is a similarity in living our lives through Christ. He is either in our lives or out. We can’t taste a bit of “outside” come in, check in with him, then run outside to play again. He has given us a choice to be in or out. Solomon in I Kings 3:3-13, Living Letters, followed his father's instructions and loved the Lord, however he continued to offer false offerings. So while he obeyed in many aspects he faltered in one. He had offered 1,000 offerings at one of the hilltop offerings where false idols were worshiped.

After wards the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream and requested of him what he wanted. The Lord opened his heart when he made this offer to Solomon. Solomon opened his mind to listen to God. He praised God and confessed his own inadequacies asking for wisdom so that he might obey God's commands and govern God's people. Even today Solomon's wisdom is renown.

But Jeremy, our minister gives us a new spin on “in” and “out”. We can have both, but the recommendation is to take knowledge “in”to our minds, and give love “out” from our hearts. This way we can experience spiritual growth. :-) Now I can “play” both “in” and “out” and you can play spiritual musings with Ruthi and I at my refugeonline.com.

Joanne, it was strange to see your comment before I finished my post. I started it in Windows Live Writer. I then "publish" it from there and come over to edit it at Google. I was still editing for over an hour after your comment. Thanks so much for the visit. Take care & God bless.

Anne, I knew we were sisters in Christ, but now we are even more so.Take care & God bless!